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Agritech

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מימין גלעד מלר אחי סיטבון ו אורה פלד נקש סטארט-אפ קאבר דולי

Wartime entrepreneurship: The Israeli startup tackling a global agricultural challenge

07.10.24|Meir Orbach

As rockets rained down, Ora Peled Nakash received a call from a friend struggling to cover greenhouses in wartime. Inspired by the crisis, she founded CoverDolly with Gilad Meller and Ahi Sitbon, a startup developing an automated solution to make greenhouse covering easier and more efficient, even in extreme conditions.

גיל הורסקי ואסתר ברק לנדס, מייסדי פלורה ונצ'רס

FLORA Ventures raises $50 million to invest in sustainable agrifood tech

19.07.23|Meir Orbach

Gil Horsky and Esther Barak-Landes completed the initial raise with strategic partners including Haifa Group, Harel Group, and Sadot Kibbutzim, a co-op bringing together more than 185 Kibbutzim

מייסדי BeeHero, מימין: עומר דוידי, איתי כנות ויויבל רגב

BeeHero raises $42 million Series B for precision pollination platform

01.12.22|Meir Orbach

The Israeli startup uses advanced data analytics, AI, and low-cost IoT sensors to bring transparency and efficiency to the complex logistics of commercial crop pollination

"We see one value chain between agtech and foodtech"

27.11.22|Adrian Filut

Speaking at "The Future is in AgriFood Tech” panel as part of a series of gatherings sponsored by Calcalist and Start-Up Nation Central, Eliran Elimelech, VP of Ecosystem Development at Start-Up Nation Central, noted how the agrifood sector in Israel needs strengthening

Dr. Michal Levy Chief Scientist _alt Senior Deputy Director General, Agricultural Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture

"The point of a startup is not the idea, it is to find a solution for a challenge"

02.11.22|Noa Gadot

Agritech has the potential to solve some of the world's biggest problems, explains Dr. Michal Levy, Chief Scientist & Senior Deputy Director General, Agricultural Innovation at the Ministry of Agriculture

חקלאי חקלאות בישראל

Hashomer Hachadash launches investment company, raises $20 million for agritech fund

The investment company, named Eretz Noshevat, aims to invest in profitable, sustainable and young agriculture

חקלאות חממה חממות בחריין

Three Israeli startups in the hunt for FoodTech Challenge’s $2 million prize

Neolithics, FreezeM, and Yeap made the final list of 30 companies after a panel of regional and international judges assessed over 660 submissions from across 79 countries

Taranis raises $40 million Series D to grow crop intelligence technology

07.09.22|Meir Orbach

The Israeli startup’s platform leverages leaf-level imagery and is powered by machine learning, trained by the industry's largest crop dataset containing over 200 million AI-data points

פיתוח בתחום חקלאות חכמה

The Israeli agritech startups leading crop innovation

28.08.22|Yonatan Sredni

CTech profiles some of the most innovative Israeli startups using AI and machine learning to optimize crop yields, identify pests, and minimize pesticide use

Martin Ducroquet Erel Margalit Michael Bruniaux Sencrop

Micro-climate technology startup Sencrop raises $18 million led by JVP, will expand into Israel

10.05.22|Meir Orbach

The French company, whose data-driven precision app enables more than 20,000 farmers to have a crop-oriented vision of the weather conditions, disease and pest risks, and their irrigation needs, will open an extension in the International Foodtech Center in the Galilee

כנס חדשנות ערן פולק

“Israeli Innovation has the power to fight both climate change and the global water crisis"

02.02.22|Ma'ayan Manela

Eran Pollak, co-founder and CEO of N-Drip, noted that "N-Drip's is introducing the revolution of precise irrigation based on Gravity alone the solution also includes an agricultural information and management system that uses precise sensors, an artificial intelligence system and a mathematical model"

Saffron-Tech appoints Tal Wilk-Glazer as CEO

A former Salesforce Regional Director of Eastern Europe, Africa, and Israel, Wilk-Glazer has helped large companies with digital transformation. The agritech company develops a unique automated system for growing saffron

דרור בין מנכ"ל רשות החדשנות

Israel Innovation Authority approves NIS 220 million for agritech innovation

The authority will establish four new consortiums to promote innovation in cultivated meat, insect farming, human-robot interfaces, and fluid sampling

BeeHero raises $15 million to save the bees, solve global food crisis

06.10.21|Meir Orbach

The Israeli agritech startup is the fourth largest pollination provider in the U.S., and will use the funds to recruit additional staff for its Silicon Valley offices

The buzz on the brightest Israeli bumblebee startups

24.09.21|Yafit Ovadia

These 10 Israeli companies are helping repair and save the world’s dwindling bee population from going extinct through new and innovative technologies

Saving the planet, one innovation at a time

20.09.21|Yafit Ovadia

The Smart Agro R&D Partnership invests in Israeli agritech, foodtech, and other sustainable technologies to save food sources, namely plants and bees. “We’re solving big issues with technology,” said CEO Dganit Vered

Smart Agro signs cooperation agreement with the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund

As part of the cooperation, the parties intend to locate possible collaborations and provide access to information about startups in agritech, as well as inviting one another to participate in funding rounds

AgroScout raises $7.5 million to expand AI-based agronomy analytics service

The Israeli startup’s platform collects data to create analytics for actionable insights in crop management

מכרה אשלג של כיל מפעלי ים המלח

ICL Group launches ICL Planet Startup Hub

29.07.21|Hezi Sternlicht

The chemical-manufacturer has launched an incubator that will assist agritech and foodtech startups reach the market. ICL plans to invest $1 million in Protera, which produces alternative plant-based proteins

מרים אל מהירי שרת המזון והמים של איחוד האמירויות

“We’re both nations of problem-solvers,” says UAE minister

16.07.21|Sophie Shulman

Mariam Almheiri, the UAE’s Minister of Food and Water Security hopes that cooperation with Israel will extend outside of Israeli investments in the Emirates, and is open to new Israeli food technologies as long as they’re halal